Inferencing
Reading Strategies
Author's Purpose
Short Stories
Poetry
100
What is inferencing?
Text Evidence + Background Knowledge =
Educated Statement or Logical Supposition
100
What is the first thing you should do when beginning a new passage on the reading test?
Preview the text for title and features, then read the questions to set the purpose for reading.
100
How do we define author’s purpose?
Why the author did what they did in the piece.
Why they wrote it
Why they used a certain word
Why the used a type of figurative language
Anything that makes you think about why the author did something having to do with the story or poem
100
What distinguishes fiction from informational (non-fiction) texts?
Fiction = made up
Informational (nonfiction) = true, actually happened
100
Do you need to understand author’s purpose when it comes to poetry?
Yes!
200
What is happening in this picture?
How do you know?
This man is yelling at an employee, or customer.
He seems to be at work. (tie on, office shelves behind him)
He is clearly upset and looks like he is yelling into the phone.
200
Why do you need to mark out the answer choices that are obviously wrong?
To narrow your choices and give yourself a better chance of choosing the correct answer
200
In a poem, when we talk about author’s purpose, who besides the author do we need to identify?
A speaker or a narrator that may not be the author
200
What is one of the five types of conflict-
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. society
Man vs. fate
Man vs. himself
200
Do you need to use text evidence when proving an answer about a poem?
Yes! The lines and stanzas of poetry are still TEXT!
300
Wesley has a cool job. Here are some interesting facts about it:
He talks to millions of strangers.
Many people know him, but they don’t know what he looks like.
He only works for a few hours a day.
People hear him in their cars.
Music plays when he takes a break.
What is Wesley’s job?
Radio Host (works in radio)
300
When reading a passage why should you annotate?
To ensure you are understanding and comprehending the text. OR So you can refer back to your notes to answer the questions.
300
What reasons do we identify for reading?
To persuade
To inform, provide information
To entertain
To describe
To compare
300
What are the parts of the plot line?
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
300
How can you be sure that you understand poetry and do well on questions about its meaning?
Because you annotate and look up words you do not know!
400
Since inferencing requires you use background knowledge and text evidence to come to an educated conclusion, will the answer be stated directly in the text?
NO!!! Don’t choose an answer for an inferencing question that is a quote or paraphrase of the text itself.
400
Why should you chunk the text?
It breaks the reading into smaller pieces so you remember to give your brain a break and annotate.
400
What are the most frequently used types of points of view we will see?
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
400
What must a summary contain to be considered the “best”?
Beginning, Middle, End
It must include only IMPORTANT information.
400
What is the definition of imagery?
Descriptive words that appeal to the 5 senses
500
What verbs in a question let you know you need to do some inferencing?
Conclude
Suggest
Deduce
Speculate
500
What words should you look up when answering questions?
You should look up words in the questions AND the answer choices that you are unfamiliar with.
500
What words do we look for to identify questions about author’s purpose?
Why did the author include…
The author uses this sentence to…
The author wrote this selection to…
The author includes these paragraphs to show that…
The author uses this simile to reveal…
500
When asked about word usage, what do you need to consider to choose the best definition?
How the word is used in THIS STORY. (context)
500
What are the divisions in a poem called?
Prose= paragraphs
Poetry= __?__
Stanzas